Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-19 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Christian" == Christian Ridderström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christian> To conclude, I think that for the "medium-level" user, it'd Christian> be enough to specify the name of another .lyx-file in a Christian> dialog and choose some pre-defined sets of settings that Christian> he'd like

Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-19 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Christian" == Christian Ridderström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christian> Actually, Document->Layout->Preamble could be replaced by Christian> an external inset, that either connects to lyx and modifies Christian> the document preamble, or by returning latex that is Christian> inserted in

Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-18 Thread Christian Ridderström
On 18 Feb 2003, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Christian" == Christian Ridderström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Christian> PS. Speaking from my experience with a multipart document, > Christian> it's a real pain with GUI's when one file gets a different > Christian> layout than another..

Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-18 Thread Christian Ridderström
On 18 Feb 2003, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Christian" == Christian Ridderström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Christian> Conclusion: I'd like lyx to be able to make lyx call other > Christian> programs (or include 'source') when compiling the document. > > What about the external inse

Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-18 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Christian" == Christian Ridderström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christian> PS. Speaking from my experience with a multipart document, Christian> it's a real pain with GUI's when one file gets a different Christian> layout than another... it's simply not fun clicking through Christian> all t

Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-18 Thread Angus Leeming
On Tuesday 18 February 2003 6:11 pm, Christian Ridderström wrote: > Right now (AFAIK), the margins can be set using the GUI, or as I did, with > latex in the preamble. Assuming that there is an LFUN for setting the > margins (I looked briefly in commandtags.h, but I didn'f find one), how > would th

Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-18 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Christian" == Christian Ridderström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christian> Conclusion: I'd like lyx to be able to make lyx call other Christian> programs (or include 'source') when compiling the document. What about the external inset? JMarc

Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-18 Thread José Matos
On Tuesday 18 February 2003 18:11, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > Conclusion: I'd like lyx to be able to make lyx call other programs > (or include 'source') when compiling the document. How about external insets? > /Christian -- José Abílio

Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-18 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Christian Ridderström wrote: > > > Anyway, these were just some loose thoughts on UI and GUI... my point is > > (probably) that I think we should avoid letting the GUI taking over > > completely, i.e. make sure that things can still be done in a more >

Re: a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-18 Thread Angus Leeming
Christian Ridderström wrote: > Anyway, these were just some loose thoughts on UI and GUI... my point is > (probably) that I think we should avoid letting the GUI taking over > completely, i.e. make sure that things can still be done in a more > "programming"-like way. If you think that the GUI h

a random thought on UI in general

2003-02-18 Thread Christian Ridderström
This is just a thought I had while writing an earlier post. I don't think that _everything_ have to be accesible, or possible, to be done through a graphical user interface. Sometimes it's enough that you _can_ do it, even if it requires modifying some text file. Sometimes a text file is even